Mean girl behavior didn’t disappear when we grew up.
It just got quieter, more polished — and far more destructive.

In this episode of Shatter This, Heather Simpson stops soft-pedaling a truth many leaders experience but rarely name: social manipulation, exclusion, and passive aggression are not leadership styles — they’re outdated coping mechanisms.

This is not a conversation about being nice.
It’s a call-out of bad behavior hiding behind better branding.

Because when power is exercised through silence, favoritism, gossip, or control, trust collapses — and high performers disengage.

If you’ve ever:

• felt an undercurrent in a room that didn’t match the words being used
• watched competence get overshadowed by social politics
• outgrown “community” spaces that relied on unspoken rules
• wondered why certain environments felt heavy instead of expansive

This episode will put language to what you already know.

In this episode, Heather calls out:

• How mean girl dynamics show up in adult leadership spaces
• Why exclusion disguised as “curation” is still exclusion
• The real reason people use social leverage instead of clear authority
• How gossip, silence, and alliances quietly destroy culture
• Why high performers stop contributing in politically charged rooms
• The difference between compliance and true community
• What real leadership looks like when standards replace social games

Key takeaway

If you still need social leverage to feel safe, you are not leading — you’re coping.

Leadership doesn’t rely on manipulation, favoritism, or silence.
It relies on clarity, courage, and standards that apply to everyone.

Share this episode if:

• You’re done playing social games in rooms meant for real work
• You believe leadership requires emotional maturity
• You’ve outgrown environments that reward politics over performance

🎧 Listen now — and send this to the leader who’s ready to raise the standard.

Saying yes can feel expansive.
Open. Generous. Aligned with possibility.

Until it isn’t.

In this episode of Shatter This, Heather Simpson explores the evolution from being energetically open to being intentionally discerning — and why learning to say no isn’t about closing doors, becoming rigid, or losing abundance.

It’s about direction.

This conversation is for leaders who believe in opportunity, growth, and possibility — but are done paying for misalignment with their time, energy, and focus.

If you’ve ever:

• said yes because something was possible, not principled
• delayed a boundary until burnout forced it
• felt scattered instead of expanded by too many opportunities
• worried that saying no would make you smaller or less open

This episode will resonate deeply.

In this episode, Heather explores:

• The difference between openness and availability
• How every yes trains people how to treat your time and energy
• Why saying no is not rejection — it’s refinement
• The hidden cost of staying a “yes” person for too long
• How discernment creates cleaner alignment and stronger leadership
• Using guiding principles as a compass instead of pressure or obligation
• Why sovereign leaders don’t over-explain their no

Key takeaway

My no isn’t closed.
It’s aligned.

Saying no doesn’t mean you’re shutting down possibility.
It means you’re choosing direction — and protecting the future you’re building.

Share this episode if:

• You’re learning to lead with discernment instead of default availability
• You believe boundaries can coexist with openness
• You’re ready for cleaner yeses and more powerful noes

🎧 Listen now — and send this to the yes girl who’s ready to step into sovereignty.

ROI isn’t just a financial calculation.
That’s the beginner’s definition.

Mature leaders understand that everything returns something...
money, time, energy, clarity, identity.

In this episode of Shatter This, Heather Simpson decodes ROI beyond the spreadsheet and reframes it as a leadership filter, not just a metric. Because some of the most expensive decisions you’ll ever make won’t show up in your finances, they’ll show up in your exhaustion, distraction, and loss of focus.

This is an episode for leaders who are done saying yes to things that look good on paper but cost too much behind the scenes.

If you’ve ever:

• felt drained by something that “should” have been aligned
• wondered why profitable decisions still felt heavy
• questioned whether an opportunity was worth the internal cost

This conversation will sharpen how you evaluate everything.

In this episode, Heather explores:

• Why ROI is multi-dimensional, not just financial
• Financial ROI as feedback, not judgment
• Time ROI and why it’s the asset leaders regret misusing most
• Energetic ROI and the hidden cost of constant friction
• Relationship ROI and how proximity shapes performance
• Identity ROI and why some yeses delay who you’re becoming
• How high-level leaders evaluate total return before committing

Key takeaway

Not everything that feels aligned is worth the return.
And not everything that pays is worth the price.

Leadership isn’t about chasing upside.
It’s about making precise decisions that compound over time.

Share this episode if:

• You’re ready to stop subsidizing misalignment
• You want cleaner yeses and easier noes
• You’re building something that needs to last — not just grow

🎧 Listen now and send this to the leader who needs a sharper decision filter.